Country: | England |
Fullname: | William Langan Frederick Barber |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1919 |
Birth Place: | Hackney, Middlesex, England |
Death Place: | Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 4 |
Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 4 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
Date: | 8 March |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9521.html Cricinfo |
William Langan Frederick Barber (25 November 1919 – 26 November 1989) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Barber was born at Hackney. During the Second World War he played minor matches for Middlesex in 1940,[1] before enlisting in the Royal Fusiliers as a second lieutenant in July 1944. He played one first-class cricket match for the Combined Services cricket team against Surrey at The Oval in 1946.[2] Batting twice in the match, Barber was dismissed for 4 runs by Jim Laker in the Combined Services first-innings, while in their second-innings he ended not out without scoring in their innings total of 125 all out.[3] Playing as the team wicket-keeper, Barber took three catches from behind the stumps.[3]
He died at Middleton-on-Sea in November 1989.